The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-05
Mr.. Carlisie,s Suggestion.

Mr.. Carlisle's article in the Octoter num-
Der of the Forum on The Continuance of
Democratic Rule" is exciting considerable
comment. The position which he occupies
in the Democratic party entities what he
says upon public questions to careful con-
sideration. In the article in the Forum he
deals with number Of important questions,
! but what he saws about the Treasury sur
plus, and the necessity for getting rid Of it
by reducing the revenues, attracts the most
attention
He states very clearly the position which
/ the Republicans occupy with respect to the
! question of reducing the revenues, and also
/ that occupied by the Democrats, and in a
| way that cannot be very well
misunderstood he points ont the superb
! GRITTY of that occupied by the Demo
Gratis. In brief, the Republicans want
all the internal taxes repealed and the pres
| ent tariff taxes retained. They pretend 10
think that it will be better for the people to
have free whisky. beer and tobacco than
cheap necessaries of life. They are not
honest enough to say that they want the
whisky and tobacco taxes repealed in order
that the present high protective tariff taxes
may be preserved but pretend they desire
them repealed because they are inquisitorial,
and require an army of spies and officials TO
| collect them. They do not seem to real
ize that the high protective tariff
taxes which they wish maintained
are open to the same objections
which they make TO the internal taxes. In
| deed, the enforcement of the tariff laws are
in no
enforcement of the internal revenue laws
The trunks, packages and even the persons
} of travellers arriving o. the country from
abroad are carefully searched. and not in
frequently indignities are suffered by limo
cent persons which are hard to bear In
fact, the tariff laws are more inquisitorial
i'll their character than the internal revenue
laws, and the percentage of those who de
mand their reduction is a hundred times
greater than that of those who insist upon
the repeal of the latter laws because of any
objection they have to them
Mr.. Carlisle points ont that it is imuera-
lively necess airy that there shall be reduc-
ton made in the revenues as soon as pos
sible in order to get rid of the Treasury sur
plus As one branch of Congress is in the
hands of the Republicans he believes that
reduction can be secured only by means of
a compromise He thinks that a bill pro-
viding for a reduction in the tariff taxes and
the repeal of the tobacco tax would pass
the House, but is doubtful about its fate in
the Senate. The Republican Senators
might insist upon free whisky and beer. If
thqy should the chances are that there
would be no revenue legislation next winter,
and that the question whether whisky and
beer should be free or the neces-
saries of life cheaper would become
party issue in the next national campaign.
The Democratic party would have no reason
to avoid such an issue. The Republicans,
however, would hardly dare to acknowl-
edge themselves to be the champions of free
whisky. If they should they would be
beaten so badly that their party organiza-
| ton would disappear.